1. Basic regional development terms, different approaches to regional development in various states and regional organisations, 2. The importance of regions in modern law and overall growth development; localism and regionalism, 3. Regional levels, statistical regions, modes of interregional cooperation, 4. International regional personhood, NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 regions, 5. Specific normative solutions for regional development in comparative law (Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, etc.), 6. Legal grounds, forms and the content of regional participation in international, cross-border and interregional relations, 7. EU law and regional development in the EU with special accent on cooperation with candidate states, 8. EU regional development politics and their implementation in member states, 9. Instruments of regional development in the EU, new programmes for the 2014-2020 period and their importance for member states, 10. Euroregions (forming, purpose, bodies, authorities, jurisdiction, legal foundation, international personhood, examples of successful euroregions), 11. Croatia and the activation of its regional units - legal foundation, importance, cooperation, representation, participation, 12. presenting and analysing successful regional models in order to determine the key factors to their success 13. Presenting successful project ideas and results, getting familiar with matrix, budget development modalities and other important elements of regional development projects

Define the important elements of european regional development policy, Define and apply given knowledge on examples of regional development in the Republic of Croatia, Determine and explain the most optimal means of using appropriate EU regional development funds , Analysing specific problems occuring on the path to true decentralisation in the Republic of Croatia from the aspect of EU regional policy, Suggest the necessary legal framework to better the existing regional structure, aiming to provide for balanced regional development,